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Mid-July Bike Park Update: Sun Peaks

Jul 18, 2013
by Sun Peaks  
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What a phenomenal start to the Bike Park season we've seen already! We hit the ground running with some hot and clear weather right off the bat, drying all the residual moisture the late spring had left us with, followed by a huge turnout of racers for our Canada Cup and BC Cup races. Slowly getting back to reality and our day-to-day office lives, we thought it high time to again reconnect with our trail crew to check out their progress on our beginner, machine-made trail, Smooth Smoothie.

With some long sought-after machine time at their disposal, the boys are in the midst of a total rework on this trail. We met up with Kamloops This Week's Sports Writer Marty Hastings for an introductory lesson, tour, and overview of the Bike Park. Having never pedaled a mountain bike before, all it took was a few pointers and Marty was ready to sample the top two thirds of a vastly new and improved Smooth Smoothie. Complete with low angle berms on practically every corner and rollers in between to amp up the fun factor, even seasoned pros will be stoked to bring their beginner friends out for a couple runs down this fun and flowy route.

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The top section of Smooth Smoothie has been revamped with berms on each corner and rollers in between.

Sampling some of the new berm work on Smooth Smoothie .

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The bane of Smoothie's existence ever since its inception has always been the loose and shaley hold-on-for-dear-life bomb down a section of Ridge ski run, until now. Way Out has been constructed as an intermediate route around this section of Smoothie, funnelling through a steep-walled gully packed with incredibly tall and beautifully transitioning berms that will get you sideways and guaranteed plaster a smile on your face. Way Out is slated to open this Friday, July 19. All work on Smooth Smoothie will be complete by Friday as well, with the machine then moving on to Insanity One and Home Run for major reworks.

Laying first tracks in the brand spankin new Way Out

With the opening of Big Rock Ride and Barn Burner late last week, all trails are now open with the exception of Sugar and Sweet One. The top section of Sugar is set to open this Friday! Sugar will first be open to Homesteader Road, where riders will need to take 5 Mile Road down to Home Run or Holy Rollers. The lower and final section of Sugar is tentatively slated to open July 26.

With so much new and exciting trail work happening up here this summer, we've launched a new photo contest presented by Rocky Mountain Bicycles as well as a video contest presented by GoPro, live now and running throughout the summer! Visit us online for details.

For contest details visit www.SunPeaksResort.com BikePark

See you on the trails,
Sun Peaks Bike Park Team

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18 Comments
  • 11 0
 Lucky bastards, wish my mountain got its shit together and ran I decent bike park. Mount washington blows a fat one!
  • 6 0
 yea mt.wash sucks
  • 5 0
 even before they shut down they sucked
  • 1 0
 mont saint-anne .........
  • 2 0
 mt wash was a sack of dinosaur diaria
  • 1 0
 Last year i went there i rode all day on all the hard trails without crashing and then went on smooth smoothie to give my arms a break and crashed!
  • 1 2
 LOL did the same thing but at whiswhis
  • 1 1
 sorry to say i was just up and was not that impressed it was supper rutted and bumpy and in major need of work. compared to silverstar it was pretty disappointing
  • 1 0
 What bikes do they have for sale? I can't see their rental fleet being to thrashed on
  • 2 6
flag tallonflippinnoble (Jul 18, 2013 at 21:26) (Below Threshold)
 there rental bike are shit, they're 2008 40 lb rocky mountain slayers and flatlines with old marzocchi
  • 5 1
 Or 2013 aurums...
  • 4 0
 We have Rocky Mountain Flatline Parks as our standard DH rental bike, ordered new each year from RMB. We also offer high performance demo bikes for a little extra dough; Flatline Pros, Norco Aurums, Scott Gamblers, Commencal Supreme DH V3 and the Supreme 8.

Check out our full lineup: www.sunpeaksresort.com/elevation
  • 1 1
 im talking about mt washinton
  • 1 0
 Alright. Any update on the Mt Washington situation?
  • 1 0
 I haven't heard anything new. Was up there the other day and their remaining bikes are still for sale. No riders are allowed on the hill and obviously the trails have been let go. Was such a shame seeing all the berms and tabletops from the chair lift and not being allowed to ride down. The "BearClaw Invitational" is still a go in August, but other than that Mt. Washington is dead (for biking)... No BC or Canada cups, nada...
  • 1 0
 Isn't the BC Cup Aug 24-25th still on at Mt Washington?
  • 1 0
 I'll be damned, it is. Same weekend as the BearClaw. I guess that is good news? Maybe there will be a chance to volunteer and get a ride in...lol
  • 3 0
 BC Cup is still on!







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